Emerging from a brief hiatus, deadmau5 has partnered with prolific animator and film director, Nick DenBoer, once again on the music video for “Drama Free” featuring the ever-talented Lights off the mau5ville: Level 2 project.

DenBoer worked on the producer’s previous music video “Monophobia” featuring Rob Swire, with the weirdness level of kooky, colorful creatures grooving to the beat of Joel Zimmerman’s house yielding a second hire. The new video takes on a different, off-the-wall narrative alongside familiar animation themes, accompanied by a cacophony of hands, a tentacle-like circulatory system, and squirmy ravers from deadmau5’s previous pool party, Lights commands center stage with cuts to the inner workings of DenBoer’s mind throughout the intentional chaos.

The mau5trap mastermind has had a productive-as-ever 2018, absolving himself from standard practices with his own creative liberties such as his orchestral cover album, where’s the drop?, and the collaborative mau5ville: Level 1export. These last two music videos show a side of Zimmerman listeners shouldn’t be surprised to see; however, should still be surprised upon first, (and probably second and third) viewings.